Tax Fighter Seyz EPIC KCPS School Bond Doesn't Add Up

Just like everything else . . .

Kansas City taxpayers aren't getting their money's worth when it comes to Kansas City Public Schools. 

Here's the money line:

"According to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, KCPS spends $18,895 per pupil each year, higher than the state average of $15,915 and all the neighboring school districts in Missouri. It even surpasses Shawnee Mission School District in Kansas. Making matters worse, KCPS cannot even agree on how much it spends. The district’s website claims it spends only $14,853. That number is wrong. The Annual Secretary of the Board Report, a filing required by Missouri statute, submitted by KCPS to DESE for 2023-2024 shows total expenditures of $348.5 million. While budgets keep growing the student population is only one-third of what it was from the 1970s through the mid-1990s: 13,640 . . .

"Despite the high spending, only 21 to 25% of KCPS students are proficient in math, reading, or science. Just 28% are proficient in social studies. For all the money KCPS spends, student achievement remains staggeringly low."

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